Tongue for earth-scrapers



(No Model.)

S. E. LIOKLIDER. TONGUE FOR EARTH SGRAPERS.

No. 450,912. Patented Apr. 21-, 1891.

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ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL E. LIOKLIDER, OF EVERETT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO COLEMAN J. FUDGE, OF BATES COUNTY, MISSOURI.

TONGUE FOR EARTH-SCRAPERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part o f IIetters Patent No. 450,912, dated April 21, 1891.

Application filed September 24, 1890- Serial No. 366,030. (No model.)

T to whom it may concern: through which, below the tongue, there passes Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. LIGKLIDER, a bolt 6, to which is attached the snatch-bar of Everett, in the county of Cass and State of D, which extends parallel with the tongue to Missouri, have invented a new and useful the front end, and is provided with a connec- 5 Improvement in Earth Scraper Tongues, of tion to which the extra team is attached to which the following is aspecification. overcome the extra strain in pulling the My invention is in the nature of certain scraper through the ground in loading. This improvements in tongues for earth-scrapers, connection of the snatch-bar to the front of the 5 5 which are applicable also to wagons, buggies, braces, instead of the tongue, avoids the weak- [0 and sleighs; and it consists, mainly, in the ening of the tongue caused by boring holes peculiar construction and arrangement of in it and causes the strain of the extra team braces and a snatch-bar, as will be hereinto be transmitted directly to the strong meat'ter fully described. tallic connections in the rear, which are able Figure l is a plan view, and Fig. 2 a side to stand it. I do not confine myself to the x 5 view. use of this feature, however, as I may use it A represents the tongue, to the rear of or omit it, as may be desired. which is bolted the metal hounds, composed The function of the brace-bars C is to on each side of the tongue of a metal bar B, strengthen and stiffen the hounds, so as to bent twice at right angles, and a metal bar B, cause them to properly co-operate with the 20 bent twice at an obtuse angle. These two scraper and the other working parts and thus bars B B are offset from each other at a, and prevent the working mechanism from becomare provided with aboltb at this point, which ing jammed or accidentally locked. connects with the hooks of the scraper, and Having thus described my invention, what beyond this point the two bars are extended I claim is 25 backtotherearendsofthehounds,wherethey 1. The combination, with the tongue and terminate in eyes for a pivotal connection the hounds B B, of the brace-barsCC, bolted with the scraper. This device, as so far deto the tongue and extending beneath the bars scribed, differs but little from that already in B B and bolted to the inside of the same, common use. The extension of both bars B substantially as shown and described.

30 B back to the rear ends of the hounds is, 2. The combination,with the tongue,of the however, not a common construction, and I brace-bars O O, bolted to the tongue and havfind that it adds greatly to the strength of ing their forward ends bent down below the the device, since the pivot-hole-extends then tongue and connected by a bolt andasnatchthrough both of the hound-bars, and its abilbar hung upon said bolt, substantially as 3 5 ity to resist the draft-strain and wear is thus shown and described.

greatly increased. 3. The combination, with a tongue, of the O O are brace-bars, which at their forward two hound-barsB B, bent twice, as described, ends are bolted through the tongue by one of offset from each other at a, and bolts extended the bolts 0 that secures the bars B. These to the rear ends of the hounds and provided 0 bars 0 O extend divergently to the rear, and with a pivot-hole which passes through both are bent down in the middle, so as to pass thicknesses of the hound-bars, substantially under the bars B B, and then rising again at as shown and described. their rear ends are bolted to the inside of v bars B by the same bolts Z) that connect with SAMUEL LICIXLIDER' 5 the hooks of the scraper. The front ends of Witnesses:

these brace-bars are provided with downward J AMES Annsrnone, extensions (Z on each side of the tongue, JAMES A. MCDONALD. 

